Yes, we drive on the left side. Plus, we have a stick-shift. Fortunately, we've driven enough in Australia, New Zealand, and England that it's not too bad. Beverly and I always wants the other one to drive, but we are both okay drivers (compared to everyone else).
The biggest problem driving here is the narrow streets that are wide enough to be one-way streets but are actually two-way streets, complete with parked cars on both sides. You end up weaving most of the time, cooperating with oncoming traffic somehow, as you also dodge the people on motorcycles, the pedestrians, and the dogs that are everywhere.
I haven't taken any photos of the narrow streets, mainly because that's far too dangerous, but maybe next time Beverly drives somewhere I'll do that.
The most fun is when we're using Google maps and it says to turn but there's no road. Once it told us to turn into a cemetery that had a sign saying "authorized vehicles only" with closed gates. Another time it told us to turn into a bus station.
It's also fun when we're approaching one of the many round-abouts and Google says keep left, but then it turns out the left lane bypasses the round-about and we have to recalculate for the next 15 minutes.
Actually, it's amazing how well Google maps works here.
One other nice thing: most people observe traffic laws and lanes. Throughout the Middle-East and India, I've found that people ignore the lanes and consider the laws vague suggestions. I've been on divided highways in India where the occasional driver thinks both sides are two-way roads.
Also, people here use headlights, which is nice compared with countries where the people think the headlights are only for flashing when you're close. I'm told they think the lights take too much power and they don't use them to save gas.
Which makes sense, when gas is about $6/gallon.
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